KID NATION -- "Not Even Close To Fair"
 The kids learn another big lesson, in tonight’s episode of KID NATION, and it isn’t an easy one at that. Equality is something adults haven’t managed to conquer as of yet, so maybe if we teach our children about it a little bit sooner than we were taught they will have more success. One of the biggest things the pioneers learn about equality is that it isn’t an easy thing to achieve. That being said,
Once again, the kids are threatening a mutiny, thanks to a decision made
This week the powers-that-be behind the scenes encourage the town council to mix up the districts, which means tearing apart groups of children that have come to rely on, bond with and work next to each other since the beginning of their journey. That’s not a small thing, when you consider most of these kids have never spent a week away from their own families, let alone 40 days. And as you might expect, it doesn’t sit well with the town folk. Of course, breaking up the yellow team, which is filled with a bunch of lazy, whiny brats may be the best thing for them. There is one major stumbling block to the upheaval; Laurel doesn’t feel there is any need to tear apart her group. And being the smart cookie she is, she won out and made no changes at all.
The changes were tough enough for the kids to handle, but with Laurel being allowed to keep her existing team, which many kids, especially Greg, feel is the strongest district in town, Bonanza City was in an uproar. Personally, I think it’s a good lesson for the kids to learn. Life is about change and more often than not, those changes are out of our hands so these kids are better off learning sooner rather than later how to deal with it. Besides, being the most physically fit group doesn’t necessarily mean you’re the best group, after all, the biggest muscle in the body is the brain. That being said, if the goal was to make the city more equal, it didn’t seem to work. But that issue will have to be dealt with later, because the kids had a weekly showdown to prepare for.
The goal for this week was to drag a sled of rocks through an obstacle course, but to win the group prize they had to get a ton of rocks across the finish line. So the teams had to decide if it was more important to win as a district
This week’s gold star winner was Blaine, who was yanked away from the blue district and his best friend to become the hero of the yellow team. But the town council meeting didn’t end there. It appears that all but one of the kids is unhappy with their leadership, so a new election was called. So who’s in and who’s out, you’ll just have to tune in next week to find out.
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